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270/271 EQ01/EB03 length issue

Submitted: 5/22/2013

Primary Work Group: X12N/TGB/WG1 - Benefit Information

Business Reason

Payers, Clearinghouses, and Providers that send and receive 270 and 271 transactions often have a requirement, as per state and federal mandates, as well as for reasons of system reporting, to log the transaction detail. The database structures must be set up to handle the data as specified by the TR3.

Description

EQ01 & EB03, data element #1271, is an external code list set to a maximum length of 3 characters. The data element in the 270 is listed as a maximum of 30 characters. While planning for future increases can be prudent, this discrepancy seems excessive. Limit the length of this element.